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Originally Posted by sprintertrueno86
 My friend has a CLA45 on order, he's trading in his C63 for it.
I can't even imagine how common the CLA250 is going be with that kind of base price.
If I had to choose an entry level luxury car right now, I'd get the new IS250 F-Sport. |
O boy... getting rid of the C63, that's quite a move. I was checking out the Agency Power C63 and wow... That thing is a monster...
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Originally Posted by Sonolin
I think you should do the FRS + Innovate supercharger 
Who cares about luxury when your enjoying a raw bare essentials sports car? I don't need my seats to warm my butt, my seats to adjust to everybody who sits in *my* seat lol. |
Yea I have been thinking about going FI. In reality it makes a lot of sense in terms of price. I get the power and I get to keep my FRS, but it still does have that cheap factor to it.
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Originally Posted by Anaxilus
This ^. I thought about the 45 but a couple things bother me specifically. The wheel wells are too unbalanced and disproportionately small for the mass of the body. The rear is even more unbalanced by this problem, something MB exaggerated w/ the CLA more so than Caddy has w/ its current lineup. Can't stand how it looks directly from the side. I also hate the cheap looking static screen that just sits there like a $200 knock off tablet from China. If I were you, I'd keep the FRS and get the CLA based SUV instead to cover more bases.
Personally I've always been into lightweight, agile cars. Few years ago thought I might be getting softer so picked up something w/ leather, wood, turbo and AWD to replace a beater sedan. A few years later, I'm really tired of it for DD. Too big, fat and unresponsive. That's why I got the FRS which matches my driving style/attitude much better, gets better mileage and carries more cargo. I know now, I'll never be happy to DD anything tall w/ 4 doors that ways more than 2,700-2,800lbs. I prize being one w/ car and road w/ instant response to my will as number one. The FRS will probably be the furthest away from that I'll ever go in a DD from now on.
So the lesson here is, stop trying to figure out whether to go fwd sedan or rwd coupe and figure yourself out first. Once you learn about yourself, you'll stop benchmarking hypotheticals and find what makes you happy in real life. Then the answer will be clear.
So who are you really? The plush and oblivious A-hole Merc driver or the zippy crotch rocket guy in tune w/ death's doorstep?
On a side note, one thing I hate about many sedans is the lack of fold down rear seating. Total waste of utility for such a big heavy beast. Any car w/o trunk pass through is automatically DQ'd for me unless it's MR.
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Understandable. And I wouldn't say ALL merc drivers are A-holes... just the majority lol. I am 85% sure I am going to stay with what I have. After losing the torque dip, it just feels so much more fun to drive. And coming from a civic, I can live without the luxury.